Yes, I can make a SouthsideCentral article out of dead trees and mud.
When the Dan River gets to flood levels, lots of things come floating downstream. The railroad bridge over the river seems to always catch a lot of the debris and turn it into a makeshift dam. Let’s take a look and see what it looks like now…
That’s a lot of debris, but it hasn’t dammed up the whole river. Let’s take a look at the opening on the right side.
There’s enough room there. Let’s go back over to the left side and look at the big logjam.
That’s about 200 feet of trees and mud. Let’s zoom in and take a closer look at that.
That’s a solid nature-made dam that’s at least 15 feet high. Let’s take a look at that from riverbank level.
That dam isn’t going anywhere until somebody comes and breaks it up. Let’s get a closeup right from beside the bridge.
I’m betting that the local beavers are jealous.
And there you have a PhotoCentral look at the Big ‘Ol Logjam on the Dan River. Oh yeah, one final thing…
Mud. Lots-O-Mud.
thanks for the pictures
Anytime. I like providing the best dam coverage around.
What is really kool and amazing is when they drive a bulldozer into the river to clean this mess up and it does not get stuck!
I’ve watched them do it. The river bottom is apparently solid rock covered with a relatively thin film of silt, judging by the god-awful racket the tractor makes when making its way along the river bed. Before I witnessed this, I thought the same thing.